Re: radon in water

[Bobby Coleman <colemanrl@ornl.gov>]

Depends on the definition of "high tech".  If devices such
as electrets and track-etch devices are considered "high tech",
then probably not.  Otherwise, these low cost detectors (and others)
can be used to measure radon in fluids-- however the investigator must be
capable of developing and applying methodical extraction (or closed
equilibrium) and calibration procedures.  These are not the
detectors that I would choose, but they would work.  The art is in
the details of course.

My thoughts.
Bobby

  Robert L. Coleman
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

 

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At 11:36 AM 8/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> I received the following question via the Mad
> Scientist network from a
> person in Peru.  I did not see the Discovery Channel show he refers
> to and
> was wondering if any of you can help me give him an answer.  
>
> Excuse me I cant write english quite well the thing is that I saw
> Discovery
> chasnnel the other day how to detect 
> Radon in water without hi-tech equipment. It is posible?
>  Thanks you
>
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